Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted.
The marble house newport.
It was built as the summer home of mr.
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The others being the breakers and the elms.
86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave.
Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is.
Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum.
It is said that the marble alone over 500 000.
Designed to be a more reasonable version of the palace of versailles in france marble house is a compact and slightly regular looking mansion.
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By newport standards that is.
But marble house was much more.
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Marble house is a gilded age mansion in newport rhode island designed as a summer cottage for alva and william kissam vanderbilt by the society architect richard morris hunt it was unparalleled in opulence for an american house when it was completed in 1892.
Marble house the summer home of william k.
The breakers newport r i.
Marble house summer cottage of william k.
It was a social and architectural landmark that set the pace for newport s subsequent transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden houses to the legendary resort of opulent stone palaces.
Then hop into your car and drive down bellevue avenue and around ocean drive.
Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.
Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion.
Marble house newport.
This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million.
Learn about the mansions newport s historic past and iconic american millionaires like the vanderbilts and astors.